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Canada Jeff


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... I mean other than the obvious everything you can when buying an old car...

I have a line on a 60 4-door sedan near by that appears to be in very good shape.  It's a complete running driver that seems to be very sound and solid.  I've only spent about 10 minutes looking at it so far, but the floors and frame look OK at first glance, and the rockers and wheel houses appear to be rust free.  I couldn't look inside the trunk or see the floor pans from the inside (full interior in place).  The guy wants $4K for it, which seems a bit low for how complete and solid it looks.  Maybe it's just because it's a 4-door body and is less marketable.

If I go back to see the car again, are there specific areas I should focus on that tend to be problematic?  What do the 58 to 60s suffer from?

I haven't driven the car yet, and I'm not sure how serious I am about it yet, but the price seems really good, and I couldn't even fix the rust on my 60 2-door project car for $4K, never mind make it a driver!

Thanks for your opinions.

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The floors you may be able to check out from under the car, the trunk, however you should check. They seem to rust around the wheel tub the most and the edge behind the taillights.
Is it the Black one your looking at? At Corral Motors?
I do have a fairly solid laurention 4 door whole or parts for sale, depending on what you do.
Ken

-- Edited by sixtywagon at 22:57, 2009-02-08

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Yes, it is the black car at Corral, actually! It looks pretty good up close.

As it turns out, I probably won't be going after it. Money's too tight right now, even if it is a decent deal.

Thanks for the info.



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look in the trunk right around were the back window is. (curved part)on the 59 there is a black rubber hose for the water to drain and if it came out or moved there could be alot of rust there. Thats the only place i can think of.

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Canada Jeff wrote:

Yes, it is the black car at Corral, actually! It looks pretty good up close.

As it turns out, I probably won't be going after it. Money's too tight right now, even if it is a decent deal.

Thanks for the info.




  That one is consigned at Corral I think....The owner had it on KIJIJI a couple times for $3500. OBO
  Have you seen this ad?
 http://calgary.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-classic-cars-1960-Pontiac-Strato-Chief-4-dr-261-6-cyl-auto-trans-original-pnt-W0QQAdIdZ107232024

 



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1960 Laurentian Safari 
1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped)
2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD
2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD)
1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD

 

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